Friday Church Observation

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The event that I attended was my Good Friday church service. The speaker was my pastor, Hugh Brewer. The service was held at First English Lutheran Church in Lennox, South Dakota. The purpose of this sermon was mainly to inform, but included some persuasion as well. The specific goal of this sermon was to show how we as humans don’t remember the real reason as to why Jesus died on the cross for us. He accomplished this goal by using appropriate delivery by intriguing the audience to listen and speaking about a relevant topic. The introduction grabbed my attention right away because he started the sermon off by sitting in a recliner with a television in front of him. This immediately fascinated me because it was very unusual for him to start …show more content…

These main points were expressed very clearly throughout this sermon. My pastor really demonstrated and showed exactly how we as humans do this which is what made it so clear. He used the TV to show that he was pretending to watch TV shows and flipping through channels. He flipped to a channel about the crucifixion and he decided not to watch it because it was too gory. My pastor made the point that we always think we understand that we know that Jesus made the ultimate sacrifice for us, but we don’t truly understand the pain he endured if we cant even watch the crucifixion on TV that is a fake video of it. He ended the sermon by turning off the TV like nothing had happened at all. This was a metaphor for how we as humans sometimes think of Jesus’ death. Once the TV turned off, it was all over and that was not the case. The main evidence that supported the main points shown was using the props of a chair and a television by showing that we don’t remember why Jesus actually died because we are too busy doing that. He also described a flashback to his childhood with his dad and family to support his

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